geospatial

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English spatial English geospatial From geo- + spatial.

1. Of or pertaining to a geographic location, especially data.

   “The geospatial coordinates for the building are not known.”

   “Various types of characters (i.e., integrative taxonomy), such as morphology, biology,geospatial, chronological, and molecular data for phylogenetic analyses will accompany revisionary papers as tests of monophyly and other evolutionary hypotheses, and as summaries of relevant character state distributions and character state changes.”

2. Describing the combination of spatial software and geographic data.

   “The geospatial analysis of the area will take several hours to complete.”